How Do I Troubleshoot My HP Printer?

HP printers are used globally due to their high-end performance, constancy as well as safety. But many times users come across blunders like HP printer won’t print, paper jam and others due to numerous causes such as missing or outdated drivers, wrong connections, corrupt configurations in Windows, etc. Here below are the few repairs the user need to stroll through in order to resolve the HP printer won’t print issue.

Check HP Printer Status

• Make sure that the printer paper tray is filled with papers properly. Check if any paper is fixed in the tray.  If you found any takeout it instantly.
• Check your toner or ink level, as it’s simple to view the status of ink HP printers. 

Pause all HP Printer Jobs

Pause all stuck print jobs from the HP Printer

Every now and then printing task gets stuck in the print queue, which befalls issue and became the frontrunners to HP printer won’t print issue. Hence, try to clear all the printing jobs from the queue, it will help you to determine the conversed issue. Follow the below-given steps to clear the print jobs.

• Open the Control Panel and select “Devices and Printers”.
• Discover your Printer from the list of printing devices, choose the troubled one
• Now right click on that printer and pick “See what’s printing”.
• When the page opens  the “Printer” menu pick the  “Open as Administrator”
• Open the “Printer” and chose it again and tap on “Cancel All Documents”.  
• Now ratify you want to clear all documents in the print track by selecting “Yes”
• Try to run a print again from the HP printer to check the status of the printer. 

Update HP Printer Driver 

Updating drivers might be the requirement of your printer, check for the latest printer drivers by glancing the HP printer official website.

Download HP printer drivers 

• Open your web browser and go to https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers
• Pick the model of your product from the list.
• Confirm that you sign up in to download drivers
• The list of the driver will seem to download, select the drivers sensibly 
• Tap on the “download” button 
• Save the file on your device.
• Now Install drivers by following the on-screen instructions.

Use the HP printer and scan doctor

HP printer and scan doctor is provided by the HP to resolve the errors of users. It is a free utility which easily downloaded from the website and scans the device and comes with the possible outcome which helps to resolve the issue. However, you must try to use the HP doctor fix. Download it using below given steps:

• Go to the website of HP and find the application there
• Once found click on download and Run setup.exe from the download folder on your computer.
• After HP Print and Scan Doctor is open, Tap Start, and then pick your printer.
• If your printer is not in the list, turn it on and tap Retry.
• If there is a connection issue, follow the instructions given by the tool.
• Now tap on Fix Scanning.